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[cagedinflesh]

"....What?" Excuse him? He cant think of what to say, when he thought they were at least staying a while, if not permanently. "How - how long's your visa for?! You could stay longer!"

[gehennawind]

He's excused and Paloma's heart drops into her stomach after realizing he's been kept in the dark. And she helped to do it, assuming Jekyll or someone told-- or he'd found out or guessed it...

"Oh, Edward, no," she babbles anxiously, hands hovering. Her lap makes a tense pillow. "I'm an intern, I can't stay!"

[cagedinflesh]

"Fuck, were you two ever gonna say something? How the hell am I supposed to know?" He's less angry and more sore. He sits up, reaching for her hand to lace his fingers with.

[gehennawind]

Paloma has been afforded the time to reflect and prepare for the goodbyes. One of the reasons she really, really hopes Jekyll can make it to the pub tonight; after she leaves, they'll have loads of time to reconsider. She still believes they'll find they made a mistake with her, but that's no reason to waste a minute of farewell.

Hyde doesn't get a chance to adjust to the idea. Guilt plagues her and she cringes away, but he anchors her to the spot with that small touch.

"I'm sorry," she says miserably, clinging back tighter for the force of her apology. "I thought- nevermind, I'm sorry, this is the last night we're in London for."

[cagedinflesh]

"Then I'm gonna come see you!!" Straddling her lap, he wraps his arms all the way around her, tight. "Shit, I wouldn't've smoked anything if I knew that..." He can still fuck and all but he won't habe a perfect memory? He might do something stupid?

[gehennawind]

Paloma laughs, suspiciously damp as if holding back the start of tears. Listen. She's sensitive and emotional.

"Yeah, you smell awful." Up go her arms, folding around what she can reach of his naked back. The declaration-- the THREAT of visiting catches her off-guard and shears off her armor. "You know any Spanish at all?"

[cagedinflesh]

"I went to Spain once. Cerveza por favor." As in, that's uh, that's about it. Gracias, uno dos tres.

[gehennawind]

She smothers him with a hand before he can try to butcher anything else.

They look odd, him straddling Paloma and her clapping over his mouth in varying stages of distress. She's smiling but his apparent enthusiasm completely decimates every defense she'd prepared for dinner.

"You need a babysitter!"

[cagedinflesh]

".....A babysitter?" Ex-fucking-cuse him??? "What the he'll is that supposed to mean?"

[gehennawind]

He is so offended, and so muffled.

Paloma giggles, chortles, actually. "For translation, in case you get cheated or propositioned." He might laugh along with her if she had spoken in English. She frees him only to kiss Hyde gently.

[cagedinflesh]

"I understood that even less!" But he likes kisses. (And would not mind being propositioned.) "Would you do more work here, again? Or just take a trip?

[gehennawind]

She relaxes back into the couch, having realized he's not furious with her or holding a grudge that she can tell. Paloma strokes his handsome jawline, the same as Henry.

"Edward, I'll jump at it if they want to send me back, but I'm broke. Intern."

[cagedinflesh]

"Obviously Harry'll pay!" Technically he's broke too, it's fine! Rich brother will pay.

She does a good job of making him feel better, stroking him like that. It's nice and outs him in a good mood.

[gehennawind]

He's sort of a baby, when she thinks about how simple he is to soothe and distract.

And about how stinky he is after performing and smoking. Paloma squirms under him, looking pointedly down... "Depends on him!! Climb off of me? Please?"

[cagedinflesh]

Fffiiiine. He manages to pull himself away and sit beside her instead of on her. "Obviously he will! I'll just put it on the credit card."

[gehennawind]

If he says so... maybe.

She leaves that thought in her pocket for later perusal. Leftover feelings of regret keep her from leaving his side, and stink or no stink, she lays herself across his knees to gaze wistfully up. "I don't know how I'm gonna hide this."

[cagedinflesh]

"Hide what?" He kisses her nose, and now it's his turn to play with her hair. "Especially when you're not near us and no one over there knows us."

[gehennawind]

And just so it is her turn to wrinkle her nose and childishly scrunch her face, perhaps pretending to be him?

"Boss does." The playful facade fades, imagining the disappointment from Veronica at what she couldn't begin to understand. "If you do visit. It won't feel right to treat you like you're... barely a friend."

[cagedinflesh]

"What if I pretend to be Jekyll?" He grins. "How would she know the difference?"

[gehennawind]

It catches her pants down (skirt down, considering current attire) and she laughs throatily, appalled at the suggestion-

"Could you manage?" Not solely to hide every piercing but to maintain the attitude! "But... I'd like to kiss you in public," she whispers, eyes sliding off his.

[cagedinflesh]

"Sure I could, wouldn't be the first time!" He laughs. It hasn't been for that reason, but of course he's impersonated his identical twin before, who wouldn't? "I've got him down."

She makes a good point too, being public about affections would make things a lot easier.

[gehennawind]

His confidence might be reckless and unfounded, whatever he claims. Paloma is also shaky in her faith in her ability to lie convincingly.

The more they talk the glummer she feels about leaving. Itts inevitability hits her again like a truck on a highway. She prods his belly button gloomily.

"Until you come and try it, I'll miss you. Both of you. I've never met anyone like you boys."

[cagedinflesh]

"Is that good or bad? ...One for each?" He doesn't mind being considered bad. Illustrating that, he goes for a bite to her ear.

"I'll just have to come right away."

[gehennawind]

One for each! She snorts, then laughs, shoving at his face to prevent slobbery access as if he's an untrained puppy.

"But your band! Shows!" Her arm locks in place to keep him at a safe distance, palm smooshing his chin.

[cagedinflesh]

"Maybe we can get one in Mexico City? The boys'd be up for a vacation." (Does she know the drummer is male?) It doesn't matter how far she tries to keep him, he's not gonna give up!!